UPDATE 2: As of 9:30 p.m. EST on January 15th, 2011, charity:water has reached $56,283!!!!

UPDATE 1: ADAM REACHES HIS GOAL IN FIVE HOURS!!!!! - January 14th, 2011

Adam Lambert 1/14/2011Adam announces affiliation with new charity!

We wanted to be the first one's to tell you of Adam's brand new partnership with the amazing non-profit charity charity: water.

The charity: water organization was formed four years ago with the goal to help bring clean, safe drinking water to developing nations. To date they've funded 3,811 water projects across the world, providing water for 1,742,331 people in 17 countries. In the four years since inception, charity: water also has raised more than $22 million to run their organization, launch educational campaigns and fund their water projects.

Clean, safe drinking water. It's something that a lot of us take for granted, but almost 1 billion people on the planet (1 in 8 of us) don't have access to it.

Unsafe water and lack of sanitation causes 80% of all diseases and kills more people than all forms of violence - including war. It's also responsible for the claiming the lives of 4,500 children per day.

It's a staggering statistic, especially when you find out $20 can give one person access to safe and clean water for 20 years.

That's why we'd like to encourage you to make a simple donation instead of sending Adam birthday gifts.

Adam has set a personal goal to raise $29,000 by his 29th birthday (January 29th, 2011) and we're hoping to meet and / or exceed his expectations. The $29,000 will provide access to safe drinking water for approximately 1,450 people.

Donating is not a requirement, and we understand if it's something you can't do. In return, we ask you to consider spreading the word about Adam's new cause to your friends and family.

Here are a few important things to know:

* 100% of donations to charity: water directly contribute to water projects – every cent will be directed to the field, they even pay back credit card costs. * Every water project built from Adam’s campaign will be marked on Google Maps with GPS coordinates when finished in 12-18 months. Every donor will be told exactly where their donation went and can see GPS coordinates and photos. * The average cost of a water project is $5,000 and this will provide sustainable access to clean water to 250 people. * Adam’s goal of $29,000 will provide access to safe drinking water to approximately 1450 people. * Every fan who donates will have their name, donation amount and a comment (if they choose) added to Adam’s mycharitywater.org <http://mycharitywater.org/> page – fans can leave him a birthday wish in the comments. * To learn more about charity: water, visit charitywater.org, follow them on Twitter @charitywater and like them on facebook.com/charitywater.

In Adam's words...

I am so excited to be a part of charity: water and able to give back to those in need. Join me in helping with donations for such a great cause.

My ‘golden birthday’ is on Jan 29th where I will be turning 29!!!! I would LOVE if you would help me donate to this cause as it would be the best birthday gift I could ask for.

Access Adam's charity: water page by clicking here (or you can copy and paste this link in your browser's address bar: http://mycharitywater.org/adamlambert).Additional information on charity: water

Here is some more information on charity: water:

Their water projects:

* On average, the cost of a water project is $5,000 and can give 250 people clean water for over 20 years. * Types of water projects include hand-dug wells, drilled boreholes, rainwater collection tanks, pond sand filters, Biosand filters, spring projections, and rehabilitations of broken water points * charity: water proves each water project, connecting donors with the people they’ve helped by using GPS technology, photography, video and the Internet.

Water changes everything.

* Water transforms communities. Preventable waterborne diseases are drastically decreased. Long walks to muddy rivers and swamps are no longer necessary. Time spent collecting water is reduced, offering women a chance to earn an income and children a chance to get an education. * Water empowers women. Water committees are formed with a focus on gender equality; often this is the first time women hold leadership positions within the village setting. * Water creates accountability. Our implementing partners work with the local government to communicate results of the projects. Working with the government increases oversight and monitoring – and helps identify future gaps in water coverage.

Hygiene and sanitation.

* Building latrines and handwashing stations also greatly eliminates water-borne diseases and helps protect new potable water resources from contamination. * Every community receives education in proper sanitation and hygiene promotion to reduce the instances of communicable diseases.

adamlambert Ok New goal: 290,000 by the 29th!!! Let's give people in need clean water!!!

adamlambert @sutanamrull and that made me smile. #joyiscontagiousIn response to:sutanamrull Is having a smile attack! Can't stop smiling!!!

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Tweets ABOUT Adam

leecherry @applemay2 @adamlambert He totally knows. He's blown away

negativeneil Their ability to give so generously to so many good causes is, by far, Adam's fans' best quality. http://bit.ly/hEnnkU

negativeneil @adamlambert if every follower donated a dollar.... So easy and so much power!NancySinatra: I am so proud of all the good the AdamLambert fans are doing in his name. Keep it up and he will live forever.

CanGal_39 LMAO RT @boys3girls0 @adamlambert - "Please donate $29K over the next 85 days." His fandom - "B*tch, please. We can do that in a few hours!"

@Leecherry @scarlett_cherry and I just decided..When the @adamlambert prints sell out, we will donate the the price of the final image to charity water

Byron Cooke $29 01.15.11 You put up with my crap all year in interviews....least I can do is support this awesome cause. Happy Birthday mate...& thanks for the Qld Floods support.yescassette enjoying working with Adam Lambert on new songs, he keeps the focus. And takes a hardline in quality control, I like that.

FOX Japan AI10 promo aired on January 23.(Adam at 0:12 and 3:35-54, and starting at 4:18 Dave Spector says that to him of all the past contestants Adam is the most impressive even though he finished second.)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPtPvo10YeI

"Adam Lambert performed Carole King's "You've Got a Friend" in a duet with Eden Espinosa (the evil green witch Elphaba in Wicked) at the One Night Only Cabaret at the Marines Memorial Theater in San Francisco on 1-8-05. This fundraiser event was for the Richmond/Ermet AIDS Foundation"http://adamlamberttv.blogspot.com/Must listen to the audience comments at the end..."Who is he..where'd he come from"!!?

adamlambert "oh we lovED you. You WERE so great! We voted!" Thank you fellow grocery patrons, although I'm STILL at it. I loved Mad World too but I have a whole album out there and working on #2. There IS quite a life after Idol! Now lemme get home and get this red corked.

adamlambert RT Thrillhouse_ @adamlambert could've just been grateful for the support instead of being snippy. Good lord.

adamlambert @blackeyeliner27 @adamlambert i was wondering, cause yeah, i am your fan, and i wanna know what you did when people bullied you... adamlambert RT @hellstoned @adamlambert you make me sick to my stomach you fruit,gayass,b*tch.

Melissa4Real - @GretaGlamonster he is in Disneyland yes.- @BrandiS_22 Adams in all black and a black ball cap. He's with Tommy. I got a pic from a distance because I was in line.- @adamlambert I just saw you. You were walking by the line I was in at Disneyland. I want a picture. I love your music and you.

LaSenoritaSofia @alisanporter @Suz526 http://twitvid.com/ZWGHW could you pease retweet it to Adam! A bday present from Hunglamberts thanks

fresnoserge @adamlambert My boyfriend and I were fortunate to meet you at the end of the night at DisneyLand! You are one of my biggest inspirations and I love you and your music. That's what I wanted to say instead of "YOU ARE MY FAVORITE AMERICAN IDOL!!!" I was absolutely starstruck and amazed to take a photo with you. Thank you for being nothing but yourself.

leecherry Lee Cherry Ladies, gentlemen, & Labor Of Lovers...we've just arrived at the Hospital. GAME ON!!!!!!!!!

alisanporter @EdenEspinosa I know! I'm dying!!!!!!

alisanporter Places Baby Cherry. Places please!!!

EdenEspinosa @alisanporter @leecherry Omg Omg!

alisanporter The last 8 or so years of Zodiacs and parties and music and moments are flashing thru my head. I can't believe it's time for Zodiac Second generation. I'm so beyond elated for my universe family

@alisanporter I'm just smooshy w/happiness for you, the Cherry family & @adamlambert ... OMG, this little babe will melt yr ♥♥s, just wait!alisanporter So emo!!!

Thanks to Adam Lambert + fans, Saturday was a record-setting day on mycharity: water.

You probably caught all our Tweets over the weekend — Saturday was Adam Lambert’s 29th birthday, where he raised more than $115,000 in one day, all for clean water projects. That’s the most raised in one day on mycharity: water! And this made his campaign the highest-raising one in mycharity: water history (and he hasn’t hit his goal yet!).

We were blown away by his fans’ support and continue to watch his campaign page, excited for him to reach his goal of $290,000 by the campaign’s end. Thank, you Adam! And thanks to your devoted fans.